The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-01-11


Forty pounds, Why. the fellow
mus t,e mad 50 msd.7 renliei
Nevsson. that II you refuse. you
Shzu die And he thereupon drew
q pistol snd clsppad tito the raScsl's
t7esSt- Seeing that Nevison had also
hold q his horses rain. and thst he
could not set 81 either sword or pis-
tol Of his own. the thief was obliged
70 Weld. and owned that his lie wsS
81 NeHson's mercy. L don't want
YOUR life, " replied Nevison. but only
The money You took mom my friends. :
The thief was obliged 70 disgorge his
share Of the robbery. the rest Of the
money. be sid. was with his two
companions. who were further down
the ro2d- NeviSon made the fellow
dlsmount- and. taking away his MS
tolS. letr him n charge q the coun-
-ymen. who by this time had come
up. while he tNeyisonl. mounting the
capGve's horse and leaving his own
with the men. gsllopei after the
other SooucdrelS- He soon came I'D
with them. fO- they. installing him al
-rst to- their companion. st0ppai Is
son 3 they ssw him approach. Il
WIS II the middle q s common. and.
possibly. after dark Nevison Quickly
urlecelved them respecting who he
waS, and told them that their con-
rs1e had sent him for the ransome OF
ms HE; adding that. Il they refused
10 stump NJ. he meant 10 have little
dispute with them 81 sword and ris-
toll On hearing TINS. one Of tl.a rob
bers fred 81 Nevson. but missing
ms ain. received Williams aullet
through the shoulder. which disabled
him Our biChwayman was then on
the point q shooting the other. but
he called tC- quarter. and the affair
ended n their both delivering up
their money On NevlSo1's pronisirC
% send them t1eir c1mraCia. He
took ron them $50. rode back u
the cClcr-TDel and released their
prisoners telling them. while he
restored 70 ILem their so. 10 be
@O1s careful If II II future. and r1-
So show themselves such towards. as
-Lev had been by su--erdinE : large
sum On SCcl easy terms
Lsw-eS> 3 he was. there appears
- have been some good points IN
Nev1sor'S character. which were
wanting N most men Of his u-otes-
Sso1-notably IN Dick Turpin. He
was always lender with the fair sax.
and bounltul 10 the poor He was 8
true loyalist N 50 far a he would
never levy q contribution from
r1yalist-
Several remarkable highway rob
be-ies- committed by Nevison. are
recorded IN his history. and there
were. doubtless. q host Of others Of
lesser importance q which We have
10 account One DAY Tor. perhaps.
rather one night he stopped the car
rage Of 3 rich Jewish m5ney-Iender.
and compelled him 10 hand him over
sixty pieces Of gold But. such 8
paltEy sum not satisfying William. he
frightened the Jew into drawing
bill upon sight to- $500 on q LAWYER.
and tLe1--eavI1C MS victim on the
mad gall0ped Of 70 London. and
g55 tie bill cashe6 before am advice
q The robbery reached the Jews
mend Some time afterwards lie
robbed 9 Ecz Craz.er q E45l-a
huge sun II those days: and then.
apparently cC-,eC6e5 with the great
success he had had Mr.. NeTison
made I'D his mind n retire from
business Singular 3 1t may cd
pear. he actually carried ont his
rssoiuEon-st least for time. He
returned home. and was joytullIly re-
cs-Yed by his father. who. i may be
hoped. had not heard Of al his sons
exploits during the seven OF eight
years he had been absent from the
parental roof: indeed. he had long
been accounted dead NeviSon re-
manned with his father until the old
mans death, living s0berly and hon
es1ly. as II no act Of intany had ever
sullied his reputation. Upon the
death OF his father. however. he re-
turned 70 his former cowces. and IN &
short time his name was 3 terror 10
every traveller on the road To such
an extent did he carry his plans. that
carriers and droyers. who freouented
that road. willingly agreed 10 leave
certain sums. a. such places as he
chose u appoint. TO prevent their
being stripped by him Of al they
possessed
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